Leon paul conaed



(No Model.)

L. P. CONARD.

BUTTON.

Patented Oct. 6, 1885,

d@ m maw mmfmm/ P h Z nv PETERS. PnuwLnhugnphor, Wuhmgtan, D. C.

UNrTan STATES PATENT Orrica.

LEON PAUL OONARD, VOF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF IO CHARLESFERDINAND VEIT AND GEORGE DIOKMAN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATICNforming part of Letters Patent N0.32'7,768, dated October6, 1885.

Application filed March 6, 1885.

To all whom it 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, LON PAUL OONARD, a citizen of the Republic ofFrance, residing at London, England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cuff-buttons or the like; and itconsists in the combination, with a button-head andahollow 1o or slottedshank secured thereto, of an elastic rod, a spring-supported cap formedon said rod, push-pieces in the button-head constructed to engage thespring-supported cap, and a leaf or leaves hinged to the shank andpivoted r 5 to the elastic rod. In the button-head are formed suitableguideways, the push-pieces tting in said guideways and extending outbeyond the edge of the button-head, and the spring-supported cap extendsinto the buttonhead in position to be acted upon by the pushpieces.W'hen two leaves are used, the elasl tic rod is forked.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section ofmy improved button in the plane y y, Fig. 3, showing the leavesextended. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, with part broken away, showing theleaves folded. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is aside elevation with the leaves 3o folded. Fig. 5 is a plan view with thetop removed, showing the leaves extended. Fig. 6 is a detached elevationof thespring-supported cap and elastic rod.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

5 5 In the drawings, the letter A designates the button-head, to whichis rigidly attached a slotted shank, B, which shank may, however, bemade hollow or otherwise.

B is a forked elastic rod, on one end of which 4o is formed or secured acap, O, which extends through a suitable aperture, a, into the buttonhead A, in position to be acted upon by pushpieces D D, which slide in asuitable guideway, b, formed in the button-head, and extend out beyondthe edge of the samcthrough apertures c c', formed therein. The cap C issupported upon a spiral spring, E, which surrounds the Serial No.157,952. (No model.)

elastic forked rod B', and rests on suitable ledges, d d', formed on thelower end of shank B.

The button-head A is made hollow and of any suitable material, and, asshown in the drawings, the guideway b is formed by blocks f f securedtherein, and that part ofthe push pieces D D which extends out beyondthe edge of the button-head is not as wide as the remainder, wherebythey are prevented from falling out.

The inner or adjacent ends of the slides D D are mounted or beveled ontheir under sides, and the opposite sides of the cap C are convex orbeveled, to be acted upon by the adjacent ends of the slides in suchmanner that by pushing the slides inward the cap C will be depressed,and the leaves or shoes G G thereby brought parallel, or approximatelyso, as in Fig. 2.

The head is closed by a disk, F, which is secured, together with theblocks, to the buttonhead; or the blocks may be formed integral with thehead and the same closed by a stone or disk, as before. Y

G G are the leaves, which are hinged to the lower end of the shank B at7L h and t i, and pivoted to the prongs of the elastic forked rod B at lZ. If only one leaf is to be used, the same is hinged to the shank, asbefore, but the rod B is not forked.

Since the spring-supported cap rests upon a spring which actscontinually against it, the normal position of the butt-on is as shownin Figs. l and 3, in which position the leaves are extended or broughtinto a plane parallel to the plane of the buttoirllead. If the buttondescribed is designed to be used as a cuff-but ton, and it is desired toapply the same to a cuff, the push-pieces are pressed inwardly and soheld, whereby the springsupported cap is depressed, together with theforked rod attached or formed integral therewith, and the leaves arefolded. The button can now beinserted into the button-holes, and onreleasing the push-pieces the leaves are extended, and the button isheld in place by the same.

If desired, the push-pieces may be inclined on both top and bottom,overlappingl each other at their ends, and also the spring-supportedcap, whereby the cap will be depressed, as before, when the push-piecesare pressed inward.

What I claim us new, and desire to securc by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination', with abutton-head and a hollow or slotted shanksecured thereto, of the elastic rod B, the spring-supported cap C,formed on or secured to said rod, the pushpieces D D' in thebutton-head, constructed to engage the spring-supported cap, and theleaf or leaves hinged to the shank and pivoted to the elastic rod,substantially as and for' the purpose speciiied.

2. The combination, with the button-head and the hollow or slotted shanksecured thereto, of the gnideway b, formed in the button-head, thepush-pieces D D', which iit in the guide way and extend out beyond theedge of the button-head, the forked elastic rod B, the spring-supportedcap C, formed on or secured to said rod and extending into thebuttonhead in position to be acted on by the pushpieces, the leaveshinged to the shank and pivoted to the elastic rod, andthe disk whichcloses the button-head, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the button-head and the hollow or slotted shanksecured thereto, ofthe guideway b, formed in the button-head, thepush-pieces D D, which t the guideway and extend out beyond the edge ofthe buttonhead, the elastic rod, the springlsupportedcap C, formed on orsecured to said rod, and extending into the button-head in position tobe acted on by the push-pieces,and the leafhinged to the shank andpivoted to the elastic rod, Substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing` witnesses.

LEON PAUL coNARD.

Vi tnesses:

FREDERICK WM. POWELL,

